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CVE-2021-27068

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-27068 is a Remote Code Execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Visual Studio 2019. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH), it allows an authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code remotely with low attack complexity and no user interaction, leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and a FAUCET Risk Score of 90/100, there is currently no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), nor is it listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal, with only one mention and one article.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 16.0, < 16.4.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.5.0, < 16.7.15CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 16.8.0, < 16.9.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_studio_2019:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
53.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5358 is in the 98th percentile among its peer group of 17,844 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

microsoftpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.4 (includes 16.0 - 16.3)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.7 (includes 16.0 – 16.6)
View patch
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Microsoft Visual Studio 2019 version 16.9 (includes 16.0 - 16.8)
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

microsoft2021-May/CVE-2021-27068Important

Visual Studio Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

May 11, 2021

References

portal.msrc.microsoft.com / en-US/security-guidance/advisory/CVE-2021-27068
PatchVendor Advisory